The H Files

FBI files on L Ron Hubbard

Please be so kind as to advise us whether you have any
information regarding the Scientology Center, Albany; located at
899 Mercer Street, Albany, New York. Their slogan is "Where the
Able Meet".

A young man came to our Classified Advertising counter and
volunteered an advertisement which reads as follows: "I will
talk to anyone for you about anything. 8-1125." The name of the
individual who placed the ad is [BLACKED OUT] Enclosed please find
a leaflet left by the advertiser.

We were wondering if this organization, if that it is what it
is, is possibly a subversive group.

Cordially yours,

[SIGNATURE BLACKED OUT]

WG:meb
enc.

October 3, 1958

[ADDRESS BLOCK BLACKED OUT]

Dear [BLACKED OUT]

I have received your letter with enclosure of September 25,
1958.

While I would like to be of service, I regret to advise that
this Bureau has never investigated the Scientology Center in
Albany, New York, and I am unable to be of assistance to you.

Sincerely yours,

[stamped] J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover
Director

1 - Albany - Enclosure

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles and we
have not investigated the organization named in his letter. His
enclosure indicates that the Albany Scientology Center is a branch
of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation founded by L. Ron
Hubbard with headquarters in the Washington area. Bufiles contain
considerable information regarding Hubbard who is considered
[BLACKED OUT] and in a divorce action filed against him his wife
alleged that he was hopelessly insane. We have had cordial
relations with the [BLACKED OUT]